Ohio’s Mr. Basketball commits to Duke

Published 3:10 am Tuesday, March 25, 2014

COLUMBUS (AP) — Luke Kennard, the 27th annual winner of Ohio’s AP Mr. Basketball award, has announced he’ll play college ball at Duke.

The 6-foot-6 junior averaged 41 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2 steals per game in the regular season for Franklin High School. His final five college choices — he said at the time “in no particular order” — were Duke, Ohio State, Kentucky, North Carolina and Michigan.

Kennard, also an all-state quarterback in football, said last week that he was looking forward to announcing his choice so he could “enjoy my next year and kind of get the pressure off.”

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In football, Kennard was 162 of 276 for 2,145 yards and 26 touchdowns. He threw just five interceptions.

He is also has a grade-point average of 4.3 and is among the top students in his school.